Twist in Tail Tag

It must be from an actual game and have what you consider a
funny, unusual, strange, imaginative or tragic continuation.

It can be from any game ever played, even one from on here.
But it must have happened - no might have beens.

You place a fen thus:



With details: Znosko-Boroski v Salwe, 1907
White to play - what did he do?

The lads then can try and and guess what happened next.

On the same post you then PGN the continuation. So players
can see it in action Remember the bug - White can only move
first from an RHP set up.

(We must get this fixed)

So if it's Black to play - set up the fen as normal but from the PGN
take it back a move with White to play.

Keep it going with a position you think fits the criteria and try not
to clutter up the thread with single comments.
If you want to make a comment about a previous position
put it in with a new position.

See if we can knock up 50.

Here is what happened in the first example.
(try and figure it out before you press play).



Stalemate!

its brilliant!

",,,,and try not to clutter up the thread with single comments. " 😕

I'm posting again to show you how to do a 'Black to Play' PGN.

(I asked again on Site Ideas - 'Please' go and plead our case).

This one I think is brilliant.

Keres-Raud 1929.



Black to play - what would you do?

How good are you at setting traps.

(Nah...surely Keres never fell for that daft trick? - he did!)

Here is what happened - remember I have to let White go
first to get the original fen position.



He lured the Knight onto the 7th to unpin his own Knight.

This one really happened... in the post-mortem. I think it was a possible ending to a Capablanca-Lasker game from 1914. White to play.

An outrageous swindle by Tony Miles, who is Black in this game against a guy named Slim Bouaziz".



The last few moves didn't happen (White resigned), but I added them to show the mate.

The Miles swindle was superb.

Next: Canal V N.N. from a simul Budapest 1934.
(pity it was not played in Venice - Venice/Canal gedditt??)

You play a combination like this once in a lifetime.
White to play.



It's not too difficult, but it's pretty.

Small change of format for this one.
I will give the whole game, it's only 14 moves.

The reason being you will notice that Black did nothing really silly.

All his moves could have been played by any amatuer player thinking
they were OK (and on the surface they are.).

He thought the a-pawn was pinned so castled. Good move?

Well done if you are under 1600 and spotted the move.



Sac both Rooks and a Queen in 3 moves and mate!!

I played this one a few years ago in an OTB quick game.



How did White (to play) continue?

Fuer v O'Kelly, Leige 1934.

White to play.

A once seen never forgotten idea.



A wonderful piece of trappy imagination.

I doubt if White is going to castle Queenside in front of that open file
so castles kingside now is OK.

But White has seen a cute idea and slips in a wee trap.

Again I'll give the whole game. It's only 11 moves and again
you will see Black does nothing silly. ( O'Kelly was a Belgian GM ).

So you not only get the treat of seeing the wonderful idea you also
get to store a playable line v the Steinitz Defence to the Lopez. (4...d6).

Amusing and instructive - best way to learn.



Castles Queenside with check and picks up the b2 Rook.

Black's recapture on f5 seems obvious, given the threat of g4, but...




Black's pieces advance every move except one, when he backs up to collect a pawn.

( I had issues with the pgn for any move other than starting at the first, so pardon my incompetence please.)


Paul

White is Joel Benjamin, Black is "H Carter".



I think White's first move is fairly intuitive, but can you analyse it all the way to the mate? The fourth move of the sequence is the one which stumped me for a while when I was shown this game because Black's reply seemed to refute it.

Here's the finish:

Originally posted by greenpawn34
[b]Fuer v O'Kelly, Leige 1934.

White to play.

A once seen never forgotten idea.

I thought I had seen a lot, and I don't want to clutter the thread, but this game is just too sweet to let pass without commenting! Thanks for sharing it!

Paul

This is turning into a wee gem of a thread

Paul from the set up White has to move first - it's an RHP bug.
(read the first post how you get around it).

(everyone got to Site Idea and rec my post 'PLEASE'.)

Fat Lady - Super example.

I got the first two moves easily enough then 'clicked my way through'
instead of 'playing it out' When the position appeared I saw the
tricky sneaky 4th move. Great.

Well I think I'll re-hash this one that I posted before somewhere.

G,Chandler. - ?.Hunter Glasgow Allegro 1984.



I'm White. I'm losing and am in check - what happened next.



😏

This is from the game S.M. Slonim - N.N. Riumin, Moscow 1932.



Black (to move) found a most wonderful way inside.

Nothing to solve here just admire the nerve of the Black pawn and
the unique final postion.

These 15 moves of chess will bring a grin.

Chapelle - Journod, Paris 1860.



16.Qe5 B anywhere. That pawn cannot be stopped.